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The Congress on Monday charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi of claiming personal credit for a recent relief granted to women Haj pilgrims by the Government of Saudi Arabia which allows them freedom to travel alone. Talking about this decision, Anwar Ahmed, a professor from Jamia Nizamia said that instead of concentrating on such issues, the government should introduce schemes to help Muslim women.

A military court in Israel indicted a Palestinian woman who was filmed alongside her more famous cousin slapping and harassing IDF soldiers standing guard in a West Bank Palestinian village. Both women featured in a viral video in which they accosted two IDF soldiers in their home village. Tamimi belongs to a militant family that has often come into confrontation with the Israeli authorities, and as such has a high profile, travelling overseas to talk about the Palestinian cause.

Police received a 911 call about the shooting at 11:43 p.m. Sunday from inside the Wall Street house, he said. The post said there is no immediate threat to the public in what was believed to be an isolated domestic incident. Gramiccioni says charges are expected to be filed later Monday. The 16-year-old was arrested without incident and the Century Arms semiautomatic rifle - which was legally registered to a resident in the home - was seized, Gramiccioni said.

Upon arrival, officers found 36-year-old Aracely Jernigan dead in the living room. Police responded to a " cutting in progress " at around 5.30pm on Wednesday, according to the Houston Chronicle . She said she was unaware of what happened in the hours after he left her home, but said he had mental issues . Though she didn't know what led up to Jernigan's slaying, she told the newspaper that Lockings was "really messed up in the head".

By enacting civilian law over settlements, the move could streamline procedures for their construction and expansion. The settlements are now under military jurisdiction, giving Israel's defense minister the final say on building there. There are about 400,000 Israeli settlers living among 2.8 million Palestinians in the West Bank. The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Travel restrictions have made it hard to confirm reports about the protests and postings on social media. Tehran cut off some internet access on Saturday in a desperate attempt to disrupt the protests. Trump continued: "Oppressive regimes can not endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice". Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, has responded to U.S.

The Toronto Polar Bear Club as announced the cancellation of its long running New Year's Day dip into Lake Ontario at Sunnyside Beach due to ice conditions. A fundraising event planned in Brigantine for New Year's Day will now be held January 13. The cold spell engulfing most of Canada and the northern United States is expected to last until next weekend.

The first baby born in San Antonio in 2018 was welcomed by his family at Northeast Baptist Hospital at 12:22 a.m. Lully Siobhan Duggan made her arrival on Christmas morning at 12.27am. In Edinburgh, baby boy Travis (8lb 12oz) was born to parents Stacey Glancy and Colin Graham, both 29, from the Drylaw area. He weighed 9lb 8oz when he was born just TEN seconds into New Year's day.

US President Donald Trump has threatened to stop all aid to Pakistan accusing Islamabad of harbouring terrorists US is hunting in Afghanistan , ARY News reported on Monday. Actually, this is turn and time for Afghanistan and the United States to do more rather than asking Pakistan. "No more!" Trump wrote on Twitter. It was not immediately clear why Trump opted to tweet on Pakistan.

Crowds were evacuated from the Terrigal beach after the barge caught fire just minutes into the New Year's Eve fireworks show shortly after 9pm on Sunday. The beach was evacuated after screams were heard among the crowd. The scary scenes were caused by an apparent malfunction, which left fireworks being set off at random, some towards the beach in Terrigal.

Authorities have previously confirmed four deaths. Hundreds of people have been arrested but security forces have largely shown restraint. Rouhani said earlier the US president had no right to sympathize with Iranians since he "called the Iranian nation terrorists a few months ago".

Iran's deputy speaker of the parliament on Sunday said the Interior Ministry should accept public demands instead of "raising difficulties" in the wake of anti-government protests across the country. "Unfortunately in these clashes two citizens from Dorud were killed". More: Iran unrest threatens Tehran's tyrants. However, according to the Associated Press, the Iranian state government has blocked various social media sites, as well as a popular messaging smartphone application called ...

The shootings occurred after deputies responded to a call at about 5:15 a.m.to what they thought was a domestic problem at the Copper Canyon Apartment complex, but which turned out to be a disturbance unrelated to any domestic dispute. His wife told me today that he loved this job more than he loved any job he had. "It was very hard today to go see Zack the last time". He came there from the Castle Rock Police Department.

President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday morning that the East Coast could need a "little bit of that good old Global Warming " to defrost. Trump has repeatedly expressed scepticism about the science of climate change , and said that global warming is a "farce " that the Chinese created to harm American industries.

He said there will be another draft that will be released subsequently, soon after completion of verification of all unverified and pending documents. Saying that Gauba was satisfied with the preparation, Sahay added that the Central government has extended help "both directly and indirectly". So have the AIUDF and KMSS.

A spokesman of the Army said that the Pakistan troops resorted to unprovoked shelling on Indian posts in the early hours on Sunday. The resolution also urged governments of Pakistan and Pakistan administered Kashmir to raise Kashmir at all global forums, the statement said, adding, "It also expressed serious concern over the Indian negative policies on the Kashmir resolution".

However, a day after her family was still holding on to hope that she could recover. Eric Garner died while being arrested by police in Staten Island on Thursday, July 17, 2014. "The police killed her unarmed, nonviolent father with an illegal chokehold and got off with nary a word", Brittany Packnett, a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement and co-founder of Campaign Zero, said on Twitter.

Hidalgo published images of the crash site, showing flaming wreckage strewn across the terrain. The aircraft, a single-propellor Cessna 208 Caravan, came down in a mountainous area near the Pacific coastal beach town of Punta Islita in the country's Guanacaste peninsula, the spokesman, Carlos Hidalgo, said on his Facebook page.

The deputies were ordered by their boss, Clarke, to stop Black after the two men held a brief exchange on board the American Airlines flight, the Journal Sentinel reported. According to the Washington Examiner , Clarke's incendinary tweets were reported to Twitter as being in violation of its content policies, but the social media site's operators did not agree.

US President Donald Trump was second with 14% followed by Pope Francis with 3%. "However, retaining that stature may be more challenging in coming years with her political career likely over", Gallup positioned. Bush in 2008", the survey noted. It seems like Barack Obama has upgraded his position from "Leader of the Free World" to the " Rihanna of Politics ", as Gallup reports that at almost a year out of office he's still the country's " Most Admired" man.